Roman Bronze Standing Horse Statuette

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 3/8 in. (80 grams, 60 mm).

Modelled in the round as a prancing horse standing on a rectangular plinth base; voluminous mane swept to one side and head turned to the left.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Published

Exhibited at the Harwich Museum, Harwich, Essex, UK, 12th March-9th June 2025; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefacts on display.

Literature

Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 246.

CONDITION

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